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Channel Nine will add yet another AFL football show to its stable with TAC Cup Future Stars focusing on the under-age football competition, the TAC Cup. It will feature a mix of game highlights, interviews and analysis of the top prospects coming through the AFL system.
Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission, which previously sponsored the summer factual series Sudden Impact, has joined up as a major sponsor.
The program will be hosted by Craig Hutchison, whose production company, Crocmedia, is also behind the project. Panellists will include former Hawthorn forward Ben Dixon and the AFL’s “youth guru”, Kevin Sheehan. Sports broadcaster Angela Pippos will report from the field.
“The TAC Cup has been creating champions on the field and safer drivers on the road for the last 18 years. This show will be a great addition to Channel Nine’s footy lineup. This is also a great opportunity to showcase tomorrow’s stars while promoting safe driving messages for young drivers,” Hutchison said.
It premieres Sunday, May 10 at 1.00pm on Nine (states to be confirmed).
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Channel 9 is the free to air provider of NRL and should be concentrating it resources on the NRL product and not AFL. I think this means that there are more AFL shows on 9 then NRL, Australia wide. It is bazar they waste the opportunity of showing NRL at a decent time on Friday and Saturday in Melb, Perth. It is shown those places at 12.30am the next day.
I can not understand why 9 are supporting AFL so much, as there is no way they will win the rights to broadcast AFL from 7 and 10. I think the executives at 9 are worried that if Melb/Perth viewers are exposed to NRL, they will stop supporting AFL.
What about talking about the 1st final games eastern v geelong. Eastern beat the favourites and nothing was mentioned. Dandenong won and nothing was mentioned. I thought the show was about these kids. Disappointed in the format
Nine only puts its big shows online sorry.
can previous shows be watched on the net for us south australians
Can we view the latest TAC Cup: Future Stars episode on the net? If so, how? I was after the Sunday, 26th July episode
how can I get a copy of two episodes of the show please? it is a great show and would like to see it on the net as well.
sorry dont agree its not all about goals””””maybe you’ll relize that later on.there’s 22 players on game day”””””””””””””””
On the last episode of TAC cup future stars, Kym Taylor from the under 16 Western Jets who elevated to the 18’s kicked five goals against Dandenong Stingrays. I think should have got more votes.
i think it needs to focus more on country teams like ballarat and bendigo. they are very highly skilled kids who are getting over looked by metro teams, as normal, please do a whole show on those two teams they really do deserve it. It would also do the players the world of good.
hi great idea for young footballers.nice to see something different..wanting to know how i can see last episode as we missed it.sunday 31/5/2009..thx john
i personally want 9 to have the afl back. channel 7 make footy boring which i didnt know was possible. 9 actualy made every friday night football an ‘event’ and bought much excitement to the audience. 7 commentators are so stale and the special comments are horrible providing little to no insight into the game.
More proof that 9 do everything to please the AFL including not showing the NRL Grand Final rematch into Melbourne till 12am. 9 should remember which sport they have the rights to and I certainly hope they don’t have those rights next time.
Nine will definately get the rights back in 2012 this is no doubt.
As for this show it looks good but i don’t like my chances of seeing it in brisbane.
@Johnson. what i should have said was ‘outside of Victoria’. That’s my point, the TAC Cup is a Victorian competition so this show will be all about future AFL stars….from Victoria. It’s typical Victorian crap who still fail to acknowledge that it is the AFL now, not VFL. We do play footy here in SA too, and we do have an under 18 comp as well.
And i hope Nine do not get the footy back in 2012. Eddie McGuire, James Brayshaw, Sam Newman, Shane Crawford all commentating. No thanks.
Jed: I think you misunderstand. The TAC Cup is a 15-team competition based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with a team representing each of the 12 Victorian regions, plus teams from NSW/ACT, Tasmania and Gold Coast. So you definitely will see some young talent from Victoria.
I think the TAC Cup program is Nine’s first step to regain the AFL TV rights in 2012.
There is no chance it will be on in Sydney. TCN already has a full Sunday morning and afternoon schedule of first run programs.
So what there’s no future AFL stars out of Victoria. Typical Victorian crap. And enough of Hutchy, he’s the worst journalist going around.
Craig Hutchison – what does everyone see in this man. I find him most annoying and cannot get why people think he is the ‘Best’.
And to have his own little segment, away from Sam Newman, each Thursday on the Footy Show : pathetic. What were Channel 9 and Gary Lyon thinking – to allow that to happen, is a disgrace.
Stand up and be counted Craig… stop with the mindless and ill informed rubbish you go on with.